GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Vitali Kravtsov, the high-skilled first-round draft pick (No. 9 overall) will decide in short time whether to buy out the final year of his KHL contract and come to America to be with either the Rangers, or more likely the Hartford Wolfpack (AHL) at the start of the coming season.

Kravtsov, along with the newly replenished bushel of Rangers prospects, took part in the first day of a week-long developmental camp Monday at the team’s training facility.

There are obvious advantages for the Rangers to have him in the U.S. – to get acclimated to the culture, the language, the smaller rinks, and more importantly, to have control of his practices, his nutrition, and conditioning while having him an hour and a half away.

Filip Chytil, a first-rounder in 2017, stayed and spent most of the season in Hartford and it appears to have paid off as he showed up stronger and much more comfortable, with noticeably improved English.